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CPET 575 Management of Technology

Midterm: Final Project - Initial Investigation

Feb. 28 – Mar. 14, 2017

Continue on your Assignment 5-3:

plan for your final project idea (case study) o Company, Industry, Products, Services that interested you o Problems, issues that required the attention

Final Project – Initial Investigation

IF YOU STILL LOOKING For Changing Project: Identify a company/firm/industry of interest for writing a Case Study (Final Project). Possible industries at Fort Wayne areas will be better if interview is needed. Company candidates include

o Parkview Health, www.parkview.com o Steel Dynamics, Inc, www.steeldynamics.com o ITT Corporation, http://www.itt.com/ o BAE Systems, http://www.baesystems.com/ o Raytheon Company, http://www.raytheon.com/ o GMC, http://www.gm.com/ o Regal Beloit, http://www.regal-beloit.com/ o Franklin Electric Co., http://www.franklinelectriccompany.com/ o Fort Wayne Metal (medical & Surgical wire), http://www.fwmetals.com/ o Zimmer Inc,

http://www.zimmer.com/z/ctl/op/global/action/1/id/127/template/CP/navid/10538

o Johnson & Johnson, www.jnj.com o Biomet Inc, http://www.biomet.com/ o Medtronics, http://www.medtronic.com/ o etc

Other companies and/or industries; or technology products and/or services o Microsoft, Apple, Google, AT&T, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, etc

Conduct initial Internet research to gather publically available information, corporate vision, mission, history, technology innovation, strategies, annual reports, news announcement etc

o Products, Services o Business Models o Competitors, Customers, Supply Chain, etc o Conduct an initial SWOT (Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats),

analysis issues/problems/challenges/technology innovations/opportunities; and prepare a SWOT table

o Focus on innovation strategies, core technologies, technology capabilities, processes, etc

Identify a Case Name, Table of Contents (organizing sections for the case study) Hand-In Requirements: ** The team should submit a Final Project – Investigation Report including

1) Case Study: Title 2) Table of Content (1st draft) - Outline 3) Executive Summary …. Items (1) thorough (3) due on Oct. 14. Before 3 PM

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4) Brief Highlight of Case Study Sections (order can be rearranged) a. Company History b. Product and/or Services c. Business Models d. Challenges, Problems, and/or Dilemmas (find at least 5 questions to be

answered) e. Competitors, Competitive Technologies, Customers, Supply Chains, etc f. SWOT analysis g. Innovation strategies, core technologies, technology capabilities, processes

5) References and Web links (in IEEE format) Currently, the proposed project titles are

Aungar Loung – “Microsoft Azure: Cloud Computing & Internet of Things (IoT) –

Business Model and Competitive Advantage”

Stephen Mitchell – “Strategic Development of Fort Wayne Metals Characterization

Capabilities: Scanning Electron Microscopy Laboratory”

Andrew Reichle – “Challenges of Tesla Motors entering into the automobile industry with electric only vehicles”

Abdalmageed Almotari – “How Samsung Faced the Batteries Crisis and What Are Some

Effects on Samsung in Short-Long Terms?”

Submit the Final Project – an Initial Investigation, a MS Word file, and a PPT slide as

email attachments before 3:00PM, Tuesday, March 14, 2017.

** Also prepare a MS PowerPoint Slide (10 minutes) for progress review